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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: CDEVs (Mac vs GS) (was Re: APPLE ANNOUNCES ...)
Message-ID: <30727@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 May 89 15:10:55 GMT
References: <30690@apple.Apple.COM> <10152@claris.com>
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In article <10152@claris.com> wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) writes:
>Not quite.  CDEVs on the Mac are just like those on the GS, except for their
>content.  Clarification: Mac CDEVs commonly contain INITs (akin to
>SYSTEM.SETUP files).  A Mac CDEV is accessible immediately after being placed
>in the system directory... er, folder.  If it depends on prior execution of
>an internal INIT, tough.  It either crashes, or, if implemented correctly,
>handles the error gracefully & informs the user.
>
>On the GS, the INITs are totally separate from the CDEVs, but there is no less
>of a dependancy.  Try using the AppleShare CDEV or the AppleTalk print driver
>CDEVs without the AppleTalk SYSTEM.SETUP(s).  Same results.
>
This is true.  I had actually written a paragraph about this, but deleted it
as probably not very relevant to the main point, which is "you don't have to
reboot for CDEVs to take effect, unless the CDEV is designed that way."

However, I didn't know this was the case on the Macintosh.  I don't have all
that many of them and have never played around with them.

>
>-- 
>Scott Lindsey     |"Cold and misty morning. I heard a warning borne in the air
>Claris Corp.      |    About an age of power when no one had an hour to spare"
>ames!claris!wombat| DISCLAIMER: These are not the opinions of Claris, Apple,
>wombat@claris.com |    StyleWare, the author, or anyone else living or dead.


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